ARN II Program, Final Technical Report

Abstract

The DLA and DSCP sponsored Apparel Research Network (ARN) program's primary goals are to reduce total supply chain costs and inventory levels while minimizing retail shortages. The foundation for the achievement of these goals is the existence of a web accessible database that provides total supply chain asset visibility to all functions that make decisions or consume apparel items. PDIT's ARN assignments were to create the web accessible database, create decision support tools that utilize this database, and develop tools for use by apparel manufacturers and bill-and-hold contractors that capture the data needed to fill voids in the total supply chain asset visibility picture. PDIT initiated three key projects to address these assignments. The ARN Asset Visibility System database (AAVS DataMart) was developed to create the central repository for total supply chain asset visibility. VIM (Virtual Item Manager) was created to provide visibility and decision support tools. VIM-ASAP (ARN Supply-chain Automated Processing) was developed to support apparel manufacturers and bill-and-hold contractors while capturing order and shipment status data needed to make more informed decisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 2006
Accession Number
ADA460386

Entities

People

  • Michael H. O'connell

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Databases
  • Digital Data
  • Electronic Mail
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Operating Systems
  • Production Control
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Storage
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Web Browsers

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Materials Science.